Agents of S.H.I.EL.D. gets real meta in “The Force of Gravity” this week, as Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) points out that the team has come full circle. She’s referring to how the Centipede Serum they plan to use to save Coulson’s (Clark Gregg) life was part of their first mission as a team, but it’s also an […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been inching towards the very destination its characters have been trying to avoid all season long, but “The One Who Will Save Us All” finally reveals the one most likely to doom them. And as the clock ticks down to Doomsday, the team is more broken than ever before. But, on […]

After the devastation of last week’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson (Clark Gregg) opens “Option Two” with a new plan to save the world from Gravitonium. “Throw it into the sun” seems like an excellent course of action, but unfortunately it’s never employed. Instead the episode revolves around how the road to Hell is paved with good […]

“All Roads Lead…” is a rather aptly titled episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., because as the finale draws closer so does the apparent inevitability of the Destroyer of Worlds prophecy. And the most interesting part of all is that once more the worst actions are taken by those who are simply protecting the ones they love. […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., would you? Nevertheless, “The Honeymoon” is in many ways about love and how far each of these characters would go for it. And when Earth is on the brink of the Apocalypse, what is left to fight for but love? Ludus First up is the puppy love we’ve long suspected Deke (Jeff […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spent the first half of the season showcasing the results of the actions that are currently being taken in the present, and “Inside Voices” is both frustrating and brilliant in its depiction of how the future can warp the past without even trying to. Many previously soft characters like Jemma (Elizabeth Henstridge) and […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. opens on General Hale’s (guest star Catherine Dent) capture of Coulson (Clark Gregg). But we don’t stay there long, because “Rise and Shine” needs to share a lot of backstory with us in order to explain why Hale thinks it’s time for S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra to unite. What’s Past A young Hale (skillfully […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. sent us all for a loop with “The Devil Complex,” turning the fear dimension storyline on its head and proving that some of the most salient fears on the show are in the characters’ heads rather than hiding in a rift. Now You See Me After stealing the Gravitonium off the Principia last week, […]

Jessica Jones ends with nearly too many losses to bear, but also with a more complete picture of its protagonist than ever before. Jessica (Krysten Ritter) wakes up in an RV on the way to wherever she wants to go… Except for The Raft, since Alisa (Janet McTeer) refuses to be locked up again. The push-and-pull […]

“Principia” has a lot of moving parts that it needs to get in place before the second half of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s fifth season can truly begin, which explains why the episode starts in yet another unfamiliar environment and spends a large part of the hour chasing a Gravitonium McGuffin. Nevertheless, some interesting discoveries made and […]